After the 2000 Presidential fiasco, I thought the media wasn't going to predict winners until it had conclusive evidence that there was in fact a winner. And then I saw this:

Note the 0% and only 4% reporting and CNN has already picked the winner. How easily people forget.

Us JPL geeks admiring the dual projector, pen tablet system.

Title: 少年マガジン (Shonen Magazine) Vol. 9
Publisher: Kodansha
Pages: 510

All caught up! This issue features the ever so cute 小倉優子 (Yuuko-rin)! She has a new CD single, her debut album which I was tempted to get, but alas, I said I can't due to financial limits I set upon myself (I'm all budgeted out for this month).

Futatsuki: ２口目/４００円デラックス (Second Taste/Y400 Deluxe): Futatsuki is offered a challege. Whoever has the most customers in a week will remain, the other has to go. The first 3 days don't bode well for him as his rival is offering a full course meal for under 400 yen. In his anger, he tries to come up with something more tasty to bring back the customers, however, as his boss mentions, if he doesn't make it with joy, his customers won't eat with joy. So realizing that he has lost his way, he tries to woo back customers with a new creation, cold ramen, which isn't a success. He is told that ramen should be hot, so his next creation will be the ever-warm ramen.

Negima: ４０時間目　迷い道を抜けるため (40th Hour, Coming Out of the Labyrinth): With this new enemy in front of them, Negi and Asuna start a fight. At first, it seems like Team Negi is winning, but later, he gets his butt kicked. All the while, Nodoka has her picture diary, so she sees what happens in real time unfolding in her book (in fact, the fighting is behind her, but she's so engrossed in the book that she doesn't realize it). With some help from Chibi-Setsuna, Asuna helps Negi escape. During their respite, Negi tells Asuna that he knows of a sure way to win. Meanwhile, the enemy mistakenly charges Nodoka thinking she is Negi. He apologizes, and as he does, Nodoka slowly comes to realize he's the one beating up on Negi. She asks for his name, which is 犬上小太郎 (Kotarou Inugami).

Hamanaka Ai: ０２０　難問 (020, Tough Question): The students are looking at a question from highschool they want to go to, but can't seem to figure it out. Their head tutor is from that high school as well as Masahiko's mother. They ask the mom, but after a long lecture, she admits she doesn't know. They work together the whole night and show their tutors, but it turns out that the tutors are uninterested.

Tsubasa: ３２　終わらない伝説 (32, Neverending Legend): The kids are back safely. Sakura wakes up from her sleep and repeats what the princess told her "Someone is always watching." The Shaoran and gang take leave soon after to another world. After they leave, a fat scout appears and reports to the mysterious character that knows about Sakura's memories/features (he was in the first few chapters of the story).

Title: ヤングマガジン (Young Magazine) Vol. 9
Publisher: Kodansha
Pages: 466

Featured girl is 後藤真希 (Maki Gotou) who is 19 and less sketchy that the girl from last week. They're also pimping the Bikinies edition of Young. There's a special color page for XXXholic since they're coming back from break.

XXXholic: 37: Story arc starts with it being Valentine's and Kimihiro is whipping up Chocolate. Of course, Yuuko wants a bit of it and she patiently waits until midnight, 2/14 to eat and drink. She gives some to Mokona Black to give to the Tsubasa gang and tells Kimihiro to give the last piece away. Of course it's going to Himawari. Unfortunately Himawari is sick so she isn't at school. He bumps into Doumeki, who promptly tastes and gives him a bad review for his chocolate making skills. When they're walking home, a girl appears and says she's found her chocolate...inside Doumeki's clothing.